Stefan Yee

chairman and non – executive director

Mr. Stefan Yee has more than 30 years of experience in audit, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance.

Mr. Stefan Yee has more than 30 years of experience in audit, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, investment banking and private equity with companies as KPMG, Linklaters, the Flemish investment bank Lessius, the Belgian Corporation for International Investment (SBI/BMI), Beluga (Euronext Brussels) and as the founder and CEO of the PE Group, a Belgian privately held private equity firm. Stefan is, and has been an investor and/or board member of several listed and private companies such as, amongst others, Beluga, Encare group (Mensura), AXI, The Reference, Alro Holdings, Loomans Group, United Brands, Capco, Faseas International (Spacewell), HD Partners (Dekabo group), AED Rent, UnifiedPost Group, NRG New Generation, Axiles Bionics, including several healthcare companies (Docpharma (formerly Euronext Brussels), Uteron Pharma and Imcyse). Stefan holds Masters degrees in Law and Business Management from the Universities of Brussels (VUB and ULB Solvay Business School) and the University of Chicago (as a BAEF Fellow).

Leon Van Rompay

non – executive director

Leon Van Rompay has more than 40 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical market. During his professional career he served in.

Leon Van Rompay has more than 40 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical market. During his professional career he served in several positions including country & area manager (covering major territories) and board member of the Zambon Group. He was founder and CEO of Docpharma, a Belgian based generics company that was listed on Euronext and served on different boards including Ecodis and Uteron Pharmaceuticals. He was a founding member of BIGE/IBES (Belgian Institute for Health and Economics), the B.G.A. (Belgian Generic Association), BAPIE (Belgian Association of Parallel Import and Export) and was an executive committee member and board member of the Belgian Pharmaceutical Industry Association. He also was a member of the pharmaceutical deontological commission and responsible for this commission in the industry association executive committee.

Marc Foidart

independent director

Marc Foidart obtained a Master in Business Engineering from the University of Liège (1998). He is co-founder of EKLO ASBL.

Marc Foidart obtained a Master in Business Engineering from the University of Liège (1998). He is co-founder of EKLO ASBL, Member of the Executive Committee of Noshaq SA in charge of the Life Sciences sector, CEO of B2H SA, the public company superseding the Liege life sciences ecosystem, and Investment Manager of Epimede SA, a EUR 50 million Belgian based private high-tech growth fund. He has more than 15 years of experience in strategic consulting and investment at all stages of development of small and medium high tech- high growth life sciences enterprises. He played a key role in several financing rounds at critical development stages of various Belgian young biotech companies among which: Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA, Imcyse SA, Uteron Pharma SA, PDC Line Pharma SA, Diagenode SA. As an entrepreneur, Marc Foidart is Co-Founder and past CEO of Arlenda SA, a spin-off company of the University of Liège providing expert statistical solutions to the pharmaceutical, chemical and environment industries. He is also Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Eyed Pharma SA, a start-up company developing innovative controlled release microimplants in ophthalmology. Marc Foidart has been associate professor at the University of Liege since 2011.

Vincent Van Dessel

independent director

Vincent started his career in 1984 as a stockbroker at Cohen, De Greef, Van Dessel & C° in Brussels (Belgium) and later (1989) Van Dessel & C° in Antwerp (Belgium). In 1992, he joined the Brussels Stock Exchange (which became part of Euronext in 2000) as Markets and Listing Director and became member of the managing board Brussels Stock Exchanges (1998), member of the Executive Committee of Euronext NV (2000), member of the Management Board of NYSE Euronext and Chairman and CEO of NYSE Euronext Brussels (2009) and member of the Managing Board of Euronext NV and Chairman and CEO of Euronext Brussels (2014).

He served as Chairman of the Brussels Market Authority from 2000 to 2003 and was member of the Belgian Corporate Governance Committee from 2009 till 2023 and member of the Euribor Steering Committee from 2015 till 2020.

Recently, he has been appointed member of the Board of VFB (May 2024)

He is Licenciaat-Doctorandus in Applied Economics from the KULeuven University, Belgium and has been guest lecturer in several universities including the KULeuven, UCL, Lille University, Solvay Business School, HEC Liège Antwerp University and Paris Sorbonne.

He is born on 25 November 1958 in Mechelen, Belgium, married and father of twins born in 1990.

Revital Rattenbach

independent director

Seasoned entrepreneur in biotech with 15+ years of experience, Revital Rattenbach is the founding CEO of 4P pharma, a clinical stage biotech specialized in drug regeneration for treating severe diseases.

Under her CEOship, 4P Pharma assembled a unique circular drug development platform which delivered 2 programs in clinical stage while nurturing a furnished preclinical pipeline. She signed multiple academic and pharma collaborations worldwide and closed series of fundraising since 4P incorporation 8 years ago.

Prior to her role at 4P, Revital was the Head of PharmaSeed Europe (2013-2014) a research organization specialized in early development where she supervised all BD activities, finance and operations.

Prior to PharmaSeed, Revital started her entrepreneurship path by co-founding Adstem, a spin-off of Sorbonne University to activate endogenous adult stem cells. Revital is board member of Biosenic, listed company on Euronext Brussels and she holds a PhD in Biology from University of Paris VI and an MBA from Sorbonne University.

Stijn Van Rompay

co-chief executive officer & co-founder

Mr. Stijn Van Rompay has over 20 years of experience in leadership positions at various pharmaceutical companies.

Stijn co-founded and was the CEO of Alter Pharma, a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of complex generics and pharmacy-related product sales. He was also co-CEO of Uteron Pharma, a company focused on innovative female healthcare products.

Prior to these positions, Stijn was CFO and later, CEO of Docpharma (formerly quoted on Euronext Brussels) a generics and medical-device company. Under his leadership, the companies recorded strong growth and value creation. He also holds several non-executive director positions in the biotech sector, and acts as an advisor to venture capital investors. Stijn holds a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp.

Thomas Jacobsen

co-chief executive officer, chief business development officer & co-founder

Mr. Thomas Jacobsen has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with expertise in operational management, business development, licensing, and research and development.

He co-founded Alter Pharma, a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of complex generics and pharmacy-related product distribution. Prior to this, he worked with Docpharma, a generics and medical-device company that was acquired by Matrix Laboratories/Mylan Laboratories, where he worked on out-licensing of Docpharma’s products. Thomas started his career in the Scandinavian-based generics company Alternova, where he was responsible for licensing, product registration and launches. Thomas holds a Master’s Degree in Pharmacy from the University of Copenhagen and a Business Degree from Copenhagen Business School.

Jean-Luc Vandebroek

Chief Financial Officer

Jean-Luc Vandebroek is a seasoned executive who joined us in September 2021 from his role as CFO of Bone Therapeutics, a publicly traded biotech company based in Gosselies, Belgium. Prior to that, he was CFO and CIO at Alcopa and Fluxys, and before that, he held various senior financial positions at Delhaize Group. Jean-Luc is an experienced Executive Board member and has a track record of developing and implementing financing strategies and transactions and has a large, global network of investors and financial institutions. Jean-Luc holds a Master in Business Administration from the Louvain Management School.

Dietmar Aichhorn

chief operating officer

Dr. Dietmar Aichhorn, PhD, has over 20 years of experience in various scientific roles within the pharmaceutical industry.

Over the course of his career at Sandoz, Mylan, Innovacell, ViraTherapeutics and Polpharma Biologics, Dietmar has held several senior management positions of increasing responsibilities including Head Clinical Development and Head Development. Dr. Dietmar Aichhorn is an expert in the fields of technical development, clinical development and regulatory affairs in the US, EU and other key geographies. Most recently, Dietmar had an assignment at Polpharma Biologics, where he was responsible for the clinical development of monoclonal antibodies, as well as overseeing all scientific affairs. Dietmar graduated as chemical engineer in Linz but has perfected his project management skills at the university of Vienna.

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